Female American Poets: Archival Connections February 27, 2019An exploration of twentieth-century female American poets, tied to one another through the movements of the archive.
Dialogue: Hilton Als and Thelma Golden Discuss James Baldwin (David Zwirner Podcast)February 14, 2019
Female American Poets: Archival Connections December 6, 2018The second in our series, Female American Poets: Archival Connections, this post focuses on the poems and legacies of Gwendolyn Brooks.
Display placards promoting fashions and hairstyles for African American womenNovember 26, 2018Display placards promoting fashions and hairstyles for African American women, 1939, Greater New York Coordinating Committee for Employment
A James Baldwin Book, Forgotten and Overlooked for Four Decades, Gets Another Life (New York Times)August 20, 2018
New Acquisition -- Frederick Douglass LettersFebruary 9, 2018The Beinecke Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of a small collection of Frederick Douglass correspondence with William L. Thomas.
Christmas Cheer from a Lean Year: The 1950 Holiday Cards of Langston Hughes (Hyperallergic)December 15, 2017